Oncor expects most power to be restored by Friday or Saturday

Oncor says it could be Friday or Saturday before power restoration is 'substantially complete' in North Texas and East Texas after devastating thunderstorms…

Oncor says it could be Friday or Saturday before power restoration is"substantially complete" after devastating thunderstorms early Tuesday morning.

Oncor said about 5,000 additional workers have been deployed from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina and Virginia to assist in the recovery effort. Teams, Oncor said, are working in 16-hour shifts to restore power in North Texas. Oncor said in some of those areas teams are facing complex repairs like removing uprooted trees and installing new utility poles and transformers where existing ones had been damaged beyond repair.

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